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Antenatal Care and Delivery

Mother and Child

In LSH, we help achieve pregnancy and maintain pregnancy through our comprehensive antenatal care and ultimately ensure a safe delivery.

Register for your Antenatal Care every Wednesdays & Saturdays

What you need to know about Antenatal care and why you need it?

Antenatal care(ANC) is the routine health control of presumed healthy pregnant women, in order to diagnose diseases or complicating obstetric conditions without symptoms, and to provide information about lifestyle, pregnancy and delivery.Medicalsurveillanceandreviewperformedduringpregnancy are done fortheearlydetection of possiblecomplications of pregnancy,especiallypre-eclamptictoxaemiaanduterineandfetalabnormalities.

Antenatalcareincludesgeneralexamination,abdominalexamination,vaginalexamination,regulartests to monitortheprogress of thepregnancy,ultrasoundscanning,checks of weightgain,bloodchecks,tests of hormones and enzymes to assesstheefficiency of the placenta, andfrequenttests of thebloodpressureandurine.

There is not a lot of evidence behind the number of antenatal visits, pregnant women receive and what care and information is given at each visit. It was once assumed that women who had less antenatal visits are likely to have reduced risks during pregnancy.

However, when this was tested, women with less ANC visits had babies that were much more likely to be admitted to neonatal intensive care due to several congenital(present at birth) abnormalities.

Following a research, it was noted that 14% more babies died from mothers with less visits compared with those whose mothers had a standard number of ANC visits. Women who had less antenatal visits were not as satisfied with the care they received compared with women who had the standard number of visits.

So, its all up to you to decide how far you would go for the health of your baby and yourself.